Almaty
- proper noun
- Known for its beautiful mountains, Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan.
- Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- And we traipsed around during the Ahmadinejad years to Almaty, to Baghdad, to Moscow.
Examples
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A large group of fair attendees had come by bus up the mountains to a traditional Kazakh restaurant just outside Almaty to have a final celebratory meal after the last day of the education fair.
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" Almaty is a commercial center, Astana is an administrative and political center, and Atyrau is the heart of oil and gas."
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We visited a friend in Almaty two summers ago.
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I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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According to one government official, the party has a total membership of eighty-five in Almaty.
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Its chair and vice-chair also operate the only independent radio and television stations in Almaty.
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In 1992, India signed a group of agreements with Almaty to develop its textile and hotel industries.
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One such organization was "Islam and Democracy" of Uzbekistan, which held its founding congress in Almaty on 28 October 1988.
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Although already a relatively important energy exporter, the government in Almaty is still on Moscow's economic leash.
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We solved the problem by taking still-frozen blocks of earth from the site and bringing them back to a laboratory in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city.
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Synonyms
A large city in Kazakhstan that was the capital until 1998
Surface Forms
Etymology
Almaty comes from the Kazakh word alma meaning 'apple' and the ending -ty meaning 'place of'. So Almaty means 'place of apples', which is an easy image to remember because the city and nearby mountains are famous for wild apples and orchards.